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@maerdtoof There are way more Moroccans than Syrians, Iraqis and South Asians in Europe.

Indians and Pakistanis are all in the UK and don't play football. You're comparing Syrians and Iraqis to Moroccans who have been in Europe since the 60s.

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@NOTLFCJ__ It was always a 50-50 game regardless of who was in charge.

Netherlands and Japan got done by the draw. Meeting such tough opponents in the round of 32 is ridiculous.

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@Vrdfr_ Premier League players are hideously overrated. Van Hecke made more errors leading to goals than any other CB last season.

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@mkc327_ @SamuraiWarriorz It will be embarassing when Haalands' vikings put Brazil to the sword in the next round.

And they'll do it without parking the bus and playing with 10 defenders.

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@mkc327_ @SamuraiWarriorz It's psychological. China will win a World Cup before Japan at this rate because they don't have any of this inferiority complex bullshit.

The national team is a reflection of the culture.

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@UmcaraQlqrr @GBarca_ @Motiondyor None of these people are Japanese. This is an Irish woman and the guy calling you monkeys was Indonesian.

Let's not pretend Brazillians weren't racially absusing Kento Shiogai after his comments either.

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@supercityfan314 @AarinH2 Yep. The current batch of teenagers are noticeably taller.

They'll probably blame lack of immigration next, even tho Argentina and Italy have recently won major trophies with entirely Argentine and Italian teams.

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@yeowotron @ErlingRoIe What does winning 5 times have to do with sportsmanship?

Gloating in the oppositions faces, harassing the ref, diving - I don't see other WC winners doing these things nearly as much as the South Americans.

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@yeowotron @ErlingRoIe 'Players'. It was one 21 year old player who clearly wasn't media trained.

Every South American team is extremely dislikeable.

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@FlavioFONeto @OFCBostil An Indonesian guy pretending to be Japanese is your excuse for your lack of humility?

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@Mareiism @AarinH2 No excuses. Morocco are not any more individually talented than Japan and completely ran Brazil over.

Time for a change. He's had years on end and it's the same pattern every time.

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@NealGardner_ Japan have to stop the crosses. Been pretty much Brazil's only tactic this half.

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@user_twice2 @theoldzealand I know how close they came on several occasions.

Something has to be done about it, but I don't believe the solution is every Asian region going their own way.

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@user_twice2 @theoldzealand Uzbeks were given the choice to join UEFA after the Soviet Union collapsed but chose Asia.

I get how blatant gulf corruption is, but Asia is stronger together.

Arab corruption plays a role in Africa too, but most Africans know they're better off with the Nort Africans.

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@TheUtd_way @ManagerTactical Hong Myung-Bo.

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@user_twice2 @theoldzealand Gulf corruption in AFC has to be rooted out, but Kazakhstan might still have a decent chance at qualifying despite that.

You're telling me you're happy to *never* see Kazakhstan play at a major tournament just to spite the AFC/gulf region?

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@user_twice2 @theoldzealand There's no evidence for that whatsoever.

Japan only became a team on everyone's radar in 2018. They lost to semi-finalists in Belgium and Croatia who both scraped past them.

You can't compare the to Turkey or Sweden when they only went pro in the 90s.

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@user_twice2 @theoldzealand There's no comparison between Turkey and Kazakhstan. Turkey has been part of UEFA since the 60s. Their clubs are very entrenched in the region.

Given the history, UEFA is a fairly natural home for the Turks. Kazakhstan only joined in the 2000s due the vanity of the president.

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@user_twice2 @theoldzealand Would Japan have been able to progress as fast if they'd played in UEFA, with 8 powerhouses and solid B tier teams? They'd have been crowded out.